肘 zhǒu

  1. zhǒu noun elbow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Etymology: 肘：臂節也。Shuo Wen (Guoyu '肘' n; Unihan '肘')
  2. zhǒu verb to elbow someone out of the way
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '肘'; Guoyu '肘' v 2; Unihan '肘')
  3. zhǒu verb to pull somebody by the elbow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '肘'; Guoyu '肘' v 1)
  4. zhǒu measure word forearm length; hasta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: hasta, Pali: hattha, Japanese: chū, Tibetan: khru (BCSH '肘', p. 962; Mahāvyutpatti 'hastaḥ'; MW 'hasta'; SH '肘', p. 243; Shinohara, 2014, pp. 71-72; Unihan '肘')

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捉襟见肘 、 肘子 、 胳臂肘儿 、 变生肘腋 、 实肘 、 护肘 、 胳膊肘朝外拐 、 手肘 、 胳膊肘 、 肘腋 、 掣肘 、 东坡肘子

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  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 39
  • Scroll 2 Supreme Buddha Crown Yoga Cultivation Ritual Manual (Zun Sheng Fo Ding Xiu Yujia Fa Gui Yi) 尊勝佛頂脩瑜伽法軌儀 — count: 39
  • Scroll 12 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 38 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 35
  • Scroll 8 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 34
  • Scroll 11 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 29 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Fo Zhi Biqiu Liu Wu Tu 佛制比丘六物圖 — count: 28
  • Scroll 4 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — count: 27
  • Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 26 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Wonderful, Universal, Secret and Highest Method for Meditation, Great Teaching King of Sūtras (Miao Jixiang Pingdeng Mimi Zuishang Guan Men Da Jiao Wang Jing) 妙吉祥平等祕密最上觀門大教王經 — count: 26

Collocations

  • 七肘 (七肘) 衣長七肘 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 28
  • 臂肘 (臂肘) 臂肘圓滿好 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 23
  • 肘量 (肘量) 或見佛身二十肘量 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 41 — count: 16
  • 肘半 (肘半) 閻浮提人身長三肘半 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 15
  • 八肘 (八肘) 被七肘衣或八肘衣 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 14
  • 二肘 (二肘) 廣二肘 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 50 — count: 14
  • 千肘 (千肘) 舉高千肘 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 12
  • 一肘 (一肘) 兩搩手成一肘 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 4 — count: 10
  • 三肘 (三肘) 廣三肘半 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 10
  • 两肘 (兩肘) 兩肘 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 1 — count: 9